Miner s candlestick



(No Model.)

L. H. SHOLDEB. MINE RS OANDLESTICK.

No. 430,488. Patented June 17, 1890.

W @zxaaQw axiom/mg UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS H. SHOLDER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

MINERS CANDLESTICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,488, dated June 17, 1890.

Application filed February 17,1890.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS H. SHOLDER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Miners Candlesticks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in miners candlesticks; and the invention consists in a candlestick with a socket for the candle and means of support therefor, all substantially as shown and described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a plan View thereof, and Fig. 3 a cross-section on line a: 50, Fig. 2.

A is a supporting-bar sharpened at its point a into a tine, so that it may readily be driven into a crevice in the wall or in a wooden post or other object or support, and b is a loop forming a handle, as well as a widened base, which enables the said part to be laid down on a flat surface to support the candle in an upright position. The loop Z) is formed by bending the bar A around back upon itself, as shown, and the hook c is an extension or continuation of said end bent upward at right angles to the loop b and into the form shown. This hook 0 answers to hook in the cap of the miner at or above the forehead, so that he can carry the candle there with safety, or to engage any object or projection that the hook is adapted to engage and thus support the candle.

D is the candle-socket. This socket is made of suitable spring metal, preferably of pen-steel, and has flaring projections (l at each end, which facilitate the introduction of the candle and enable the candle to be inserted either way, as maybe found desirable, without breaking or clipping off the end, though ordinarily the candle will be inserted, as shown in dotted lines, from the top.

The inner end (1 of the plate forming the Serial No. s40,72s. (No model.)

socket, it will be seen in Fig. 2, is free to spring, so as to adapt the socket to candles of varyil'lg thickness and affording a perfect gripping thereof without injuring the candle when it is inserted. The opposite or outer end d of the socket-plate is extended to lap around the shank of the hook c and to overlap itself a short distance, so as to be fastened by rivets e. The lower edge of this plate, except the extension d is on a plane with the lower surface of the bar A, and the said extension is closely wrapped around the shank c and fastened thereon by this means and a punch-lock h, Fig. 3, which engages said shank. A projection g, resting against the side of the bar A, serves to hold and bind the handle and hook at the angle to the side of the bar A without other means of fastening.

The bearing-surfaces of the bar A are made so that the holder will balance and rest firmly wherever placed.

I am of course aware that candlesticks of this general nature have been forged and formed with tine and hook and a springsha-nk with a thumb-piece to operate it, but this I do not consider my invention. My invention relates to the novel features introduced into the structure and the combina-v tion set forth. By punching the parts, as at h, the engagement of the plate on the shank is made very effective; otherwise there is constant danger of the plate slipping off. The socket D, extending Well to one side, aids materially in balancing the holder.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A miners candlestick formed of a bar pointed at both ends and having a portion of its body bent into a loop, and the end next the loop bent upward at right angles and formed into a hook, in combination with a spring-socket secured to the shank of the hook on the opposite side from said hook, substantially as described.

2. A miners candlestick formed of two parts, one part being a bar pointed at both ends and bent to form a loop at one end of the candlestick and at the termination of the loop bent upward and outward to form a hook, in combination with a socket for a candle on the side opposite the hook and having 5 its lower end substantially on a plane with the lower plane of the loop, substantially as described.

Witness my hand to the foregoing specification this 30th day of January, 1890.

LOUIS H. SHOLDER.

WVitnesses:

J. E. FRosT, E. B. DYE. 

